l Yiddish Theater Songs from Warsaw Poland 1929-1934

Yiddish songs, rare and familiar, for download

Yiddish Theater Music from Warsaw, Poland, 1929-1934

What is this?
Jane Peppler, Yiddish singer and translatorThis is my Yiddish theater song sheet music archive. I made this site to house the rare Yiddish theater songs and folk songs I've been transcribing and arranging over the past decade or so. I perform them with my band Mappamundi or with a pianist, or just by myself.

From 2011-2014 I searched out the melodies for over a hundred rare songs beloved in Warsaw, Poland between the wars, and the result was a book, Yiddish Songs from Warsaw 1929-1934 and three companion cds (details at the Yiddish Emporium).

Now that the Zhelonek project is completed (almost), I am still hunting for rare Yiddish songs and making them into Youtube videos with English subtitles. I'm interested in hearing from anybody, please write me at jane@mappamundi.com if you have a venue to suggest, or have a rare record or piece of sheet music, or just want to say hello. Also, get updates by clicking here: join the mailing list.
Jane Peppler

Yiddish Theater Songs of the Roaring Twenties and Thirties, presentation by Jane Peppler at the Library of CongressYiddish Songs of the Jazz Age, my concert presentation of this research, was presented at the Library of Congress on October 22.

YIDDISH SONG INDEX (mp3 and sheet music packages)

Itzik Jelonek music book is a list of the Yiddish songs for which I've created sheet music and sound files. Most are contained in the book Yiddish songs from Warsaw 1929-1934: The Itzik Zhelonek collection." Also included in the 230-page book are the songs from "35 Newest Hits from Azazel and Sambatiyon" (1929). I am continuing to transcribe and record Yiddish songs, if you want one you don't see here contact me: jane@mappamundi.com

At the bottom: Yiddish and Hebrew songbooks and the Mappamundi Klezmer Tunebook.


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